The arch of Augustus, Rimini: three-quarter view of the arch, the city walls, and adjacent houses. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1748.

[Roma (dirimpetto l'Academia di Franzia)] : [si vende dall'autore], [1748]

1 print : etching ; platemark 13.5 x 27.2 cm

Arco di Rimino fabricato da Augusto. Piranesi f. Bears number: Tav. 17 The lettering is etched as a trompe l'oeil inscription on a leaning slab of stone from a ruined ancient structure

A.M. Hind, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: a critical study, with a list of his published works and detailed catalogues of the prisons and the views of Rome, New York 1922, pp. 75-76, no. 20 (17)

Wellcome Collection 2982350i